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Left: Verny Sanchez Harmony connection 5 , 2020 Oil on canvas 58 x 58 in. Right: Tina Hernandez La Cempacihuatl, 2020 Photo ink-jet print in a vintage frame, 31 x 26 ½ x 3 in.
Withstand:
Latinx Art in Times of Conflict BY AMANDA ANDRADE
its first juried exhibition in its newly expanded building in April 2021. The temporary exhibition, Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict examines themes of social justice and human rights through the art of the local Houston Latinx community. The multi-media exhibition includes one hundred artworks handpicked by two incredibly knowledgeable curators: Gabriela Magana and Rosa Ana Orlando. Born and raised in Mexico, Gabriela Magana is a young artist and curator currently pursuing a MA in Arts Leadership here in Houston. Her co-curator, Rosa Ana Orlando, is T H E H O L O C AU S T M U S E UM H O U S T O N O P E N E D
a museum specialist with more than fifteen years of experience in art collection management, exhibition planning and design. Together, the curators selected one hundred artworks through an open call process, in which they invited local Houston artists to submit their art. Curator Magana says they wanted to hear directly from the Latinx community on “what impacts them, what they want to talk about, the images they are grappling with.” The exhibition would serve as a space to discuss difficult subjects, whatever
